Merseyside Police said it is investigating a number of “positive lines of enquiry” as the manhunt continues for the killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
On Thursday, Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Kameen gave a direct message to the gunman: “We will not rest until we find you, and we will find you.”
“Poor Olivia was murdered brutally in her own home,” Mr Kameen told reporters, while confirming the gunman was still on the run.
He said his previous appeal for the man to surrender himself to police had failed.